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Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking

A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.

Why major life decisions should be approached with ‘epistemic humility’ | Psyche Videos

At a crossroads in life? No matter how much you deliberate, one unknowable remains: the person you will be on the other side

All 12 Tips for Concision | LEGIBLE

Since July 2015 I’ve been sporadically posting a series of tips for concision in legal writing. I suggested a total of twelve, and links to all of them are collected here:

The Retweeting Class

I have often found myself confounded by the behaviour of some people who seem impervious to reality — like the people still on X today. Here, I try to understand what grounds their epistemology and its consequences, and what that means for the rest of us. Being committed to a better future is where genuine seriousness is, and that seriousness can only be approached in a spirit of embodied, determined, relentless hope.

Epistemic Courage and Open-Mindedness

Epistemic courage requires me to sometimes adopt a belief even in the face of doubts. Open-mindedness requires me to be able to reconsider my beliefs. It is generally assumed that we should have bo...

Retraction Note: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Retraction Note: The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a...

Opinion | There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate

Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.

Against False Indulgences in LLM Alignment

Unnecessary moral concern, and the false indulgences that drive it.

Do not give up your brain

It's tempting to just let tools think for you, but you still need to be able to think for yourself and stay sharp.

everything is a nail, or at least it ought to be

“the irrational decision” by Ben Recht

What is First Principles Thinking?

First Principles thinking breaks down true understanding into building blocks we can reassemble into something that simplifies our problem.

moderation - plyr.fm

the most joyous of topics

When Nature Calls: The Enshittification of Science and Its Enablers

Proof-of-work papers, policy laundering, and the collapse of self-correction

Morality vs. Politics as a Framing Problem: How (Not) to Misunderstand the Fight Against Climate Change

Topoi - This paper is guided by two research hypotheses: (1) In contemporary public discourse, many of the most urgent political problems are predominantly framed and understood in moral terms; (2)...